I think I can honestly say, having read "The Church in Crisis", that the problem was --- me ---. By my lukewarmness, lack of prayer, half-hearted following the gospel and my sin, that I was one of the folks who let the stopper out of the tub and allowed the graces of God to drain. I am thankful, EXTREMELY thankful, for God's Mercy on me, a sinner. I am that tax collector in the parable. I am the woman caught in adultery. I am the son who said yes to his father but didn't go out into the vineyard to work. All I can now do is ask God for His Mercy and live in His Will for however much time He grants me. Thank you Dr. Martin for your book...it was an eye-opener.
That was me 8 months ago too. The humility I experienced in the confessional and proper reception of the Eucharist and receiving those graces was enormous. Pride infected my life for so long. The sins I’ve been able to overcome and abandon with such ease really comes from this fuller conversion to Lord. God is so good! Research doing a general confession.
Just listened to this today...Love , love, love the idea of having petitions for courageous acts by priest & bishops but even a step further in getting it to Rome. Also I would love a discussion by a priest on why parents can't support and attend our child's SS marriage.
@@ARobichaudI returned to the faith after 22 yrs and attended a retreat that began my journey back. When I realized there that God was my love story all along and placed on my heart to follow Him, I knew I wanted to receive Him in the Holy Eucharist again. Unknowing that I was doing a general confession, I purged all my sins of 22 years. His love, mercy, and patience to forgive me and allow me to return to Him like the lost sheep and prodigal son showed me how great His love is as undeserving as I was. I humbly rise each day through his abundant graces to love Him, reverence Him, and serve Him all the days of my life. 🙏🕊️ All Glory to God.
Thank you, Matt and Dr. Martin, for this fantastic episode. I’m discerning conversion to Catholicism. Each day I become more convinced that Jesus founded the Church. I’ve been feeling religiously lost recently, but I think the Lord is guiding me to his Church. Please pray for me.
"And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it." - Jesus Christ (Matthew 16:18) My friend, the altar in St. Peter's Basilica of Rome physically rests over the tomb of St. Peter.
@Ghost of Aunt Jemima, love your handle; I laughed out loud at the name, haha! So good. Prayers for your discernment and conversion. Come, Holy Spirit! Veni, Sancte Spiritus!
for me the whole story is at john 6:53 reach every direction from there and you grasp Jesus who showed us 2000 years ago so now we open a facet and find Jesus at the well with the woman . Praise Jesus for that cool drink
I’m a cradle Catholic who grew up during the 1970’s and 80’s. I did not fully understand my faith, or my sin. I am so grateful for God’s mercy. I’m also thankful for Pints with Aquinas and Renewal Ministries, both of which have been part of my spiritual growth. Thank you, Matt Fradd and Dr. Ralph Martin, for proclaiming God’s truth. ❤
your spiritual growth ? nobody IN the world knows what the word ''spiritual'' means , its a colloquial term from the public : that doesn't unhderstand Anything i have another word that Almost Nobody in the world seems to have in their vocabulary , it's called = PRECEDENT look up the word , what it means in the context of EVIDENCE you Need a precedent for ANYTHING you want to talk about , or you're just talking NONSENSE , like this here little post of yours , with words YOU don't understand AND the rest of the world ... doesn't understand either . you might as well just sh*t on the table
Matt, I was dying laughing when you were describing how the family rosary could go down, “pick up the bloody rosary.. are you saying it?”.. Our family also may cuddle or recline during the rosary and I’m seriously at peace with that! My husband kneels because he’s amazing but I’m all about gathering people and making it happen on the regular!
Ralph Martin is one of my great role models in this age and I'm so glad that I'm living in the same time as he. Thank you so much for encouraging us in the Lord Jesus.
Matt, thank you for praying for atheist who are seeking the truth. Your channel helped me tremendously on my journey. Thanks to your channel, along with a lot of reading, researching, and of course the grace of God, I became a Catholic. I can't thank you enough because you helped save my soul. Please, never stop praying for those who you think are lost, and never back away from the truth.
Welcome home, Leah!! :) Prayers for you and joy for your journey to the Church! She can be a bit messy sometimes, but she really is where the truth dwells, the home of the Eucharist, the authentic Church Christ founded from the beginning led by the Holy Spirit through to today. May God bless you and your family over-abundantly and pour graces upon you in your walk with Christ!
@caffeinated_chesterton Welcome! Hope you're hanging in and soaking up heaven's love. Pace yourself. Love God, He loves you. Mary is a wonderful ally. Converted Easter 1987 just me and my Guardian Angel. Jesus saves
I’ve started praying the Fatima prayer regularly. So simple and beautiful. ‘Lord, I believe in You, adore You, hope and trust in You and Love You. And ask pardon for all those who do not… adore, believe, hope& trust and love you.. especially those in my family..” and tryi to sing along with lauds and vespers here on You Tube - with Sing the Hours. It’s been helpful and so easy to continue daily!!!! I also am greatfull for work because it makes saying a rosary daily easier- because I always say a rosary on my drive to work.
1:47:49 My husband and I are praying that a possible adoption from Uganda works out. Beautiful little girl, currently living in a convent. Same exact age as one of my other daughters. What a blessing it would be for our family!! Uganda has become so incredibly strict with their adoption laws (which isn’t a bad thing!!) so we still feel so far away from it happening. But we are praying it works out. I believe she could even come here and even teach us so much!!
Seeing how moved Ralph was by remembering finding his love of Jesus made my ❤ swell! He is my big brother in Christ. I love following Ralph, he is a true soldier of Christ❤
I love trying to follow the foot steps of Jesus. I believe that if the Priests, the Popes, the Ministers, and the believers of Christ would teach as Jesus did when he taught his lessons of love, and how to behave truly humanely toward each other including our enemies the world would be a beautiful place. Too many who claim to be Christian do not really follow the lessons of Jesus. Too many "believers" behaviors actually turn many people away from God. Jesus did not set up churches not even the Catholic Church.... these are man made structures and organizations. My understanding is that the believers and followers of Christ is the Church. Just think about this .... some of the darkest, cruelest, actions that have been committed against humanity has been done by the fake believers of Christ. Thank God that their are some Catholics courageous enough to use UA-cam to teach Christianity. The Catholic Church is not alone in this endeavor. There are many people being others to God. Even someone like Jordan Peterson - through his teachings has given people the spark the learn more about Christianity and God/Christ. The lessons can be every where and some times come unexpectedly.
Love this episode! The Church can't fail, because even if there is only one person left in the Church Militant, the Church Triumphant is already with Christ in Heaven! What an amazing Faith!
I grew up evangelical protestant. ( low Church protestant) I absolutely love this conversation. It was of refreshing to hear the same sprite of evangelicalism I see in the faithful Christians growing up. I loved the foundation of Jesus as lord expressed in this conversation. If I heard more conversations like this, I might have have converted to Catholicism already. I love Catholics and defend them quite often from my protestant brothers and sisters, but what keeps me away is that even though I love the history, the history and traditions are not whats prime, but the gospel of Jesus Christ. ( not saying history and tradition should be throw out) Jesus's proclamations of the end times should the fire under the feet of all Christians. Thank the Lord for Bishop Baron, Dr. Ralph Martin and Matt Fradd for showing us all the evangelical side of Catholicism. I see a lack of gospel declaration from other Christians in my daily life and I have also have been embarrassed by the Gospel. So lets pray we all summit to the Lord and tell the whole world what is to come boldly out of love!
I think the issue you have is on the magisterium. What made me comfortable with remaining catholic is seeing it like how the mosaic covenant church was organized. God passed on authority to Joshua, and he passed on power to others (e.i. the laying on of hands). God also gave Moses an oral Torah, which was just as authoritative as the written Torah. Remember that authority and oral tradition does not go over scripture, but simply goes hand in hand. I also would just tend to believe the historic christians when they witness their faith to me. They are better interpreters of scripture than me by far. God bless!
@@llla_german_ewoklll6413 I agree with your appeal to authority, but i would add all that authority should in serves of what: The gospel message that saves. I wish I heard more christian confess the gospel among non-believers with as much joy as these catholic evangelists here do.
All I can say is your pride so strong that you can't bow to something greater than us.the Eucharist I would die to keep my faith.literally he is the bread of life.John 6 read we have 7 other books true faith.the saints martyrs great deeds that's us 💕 dearly MARY MY MOTHER OF JESUS.AMEN
Remember that the Eucharist is the core of the Catholic Church Jesus said This is y body and He is God so it is His Body there’s the real difference between Catholics and others
Thank you Matt, for kicking this off by asking Dr. Martin to tell about his love for Jesus... It opened a floodgate of blessings on the entire interview... and also thanks for asking Dr. Martin to offer a prayer. What he said was so moving and made me to KNOW Christ was and always IS right here, right now.
Minute 29. Whoa!!! No way!! What a meaningful insight from the saintly, elegant and refined Mr. Fradd (likely due to his contemplative prayer regarding how to respond to these strange times and his true charity toward his listeners): “We have to look at what’s in front of us and not downplay it. When people downplay it it just gaslights people and they end up insane, you know?” This insight consoles me greatly ! because I am fighting off insanity every day! The “media blackout” is so painful each and every day!
Could not agree more. THIS is why I LOVE this channel and matt fradd. It is so hard to listen to people explain everything away or not talk about it at all. It makes me feel crazy and alone. Dr. Martin also addresses church controversies with great charity but without whitewashing facts.
Minute 41... It's been one year since my weight loss surgery. I had to take physical, earthly steps to give my heart and mind boundaries and more time to strengthen my spiritual muscles enough to stop the sin of gluttony. It was extreme, but I was sooo tired of being a slave to a sin of mine that was this thorn in my side. When I broached the topic of surgery with my husband, I brought up the verses about the right arm needing cut off if it's causing one to sin and said, "Do ya think that can include the stomach?" LOL! I'm so thankful to be free from that sin and so thankful God gave doctors the knowledge of how to help in this area... I needed extreme and He answered my prayers. I struggle with other sin still, but this past year has been a year of growth (the right kind) and I'm celebrating the heart freedom that a physical restriction helped facilitate.
We are not literally supposed to cut off an arm. It's against Catholic teaching to mutilate the body, mutilate or destroy or remove a healthy organ that is doing its job. (Bariatric surgery is life-threatening and drastically reduces a person's ability to enter fully into social life. I hope it works out for you, but you may have actually shortened your life....)
The most inspiring people Matt had on his show: Ralph Martin Christopher West Brant Pitre Scott Hahn Jason Evert You can just hear their hope and love for God.
Yes I agree with this completely. There are a lot of Catholic voices on social media but I think a lot of them have a tendency to focus on culture wars, which although important, are not the root of the problem. They’re the symptoms of a Church where so many have abandoned Jesus Christ if they ever knew Him at all. May He be the center of our lives, enlightening our minds and strengthening our hearts in His love 🙏🏻☦️
Mr. Martin nails it with his answer to Matt’s question what are Catholic laypeople to do in a time of unfaithful clergy: take responsibility for knowing the Faith yourself. The Lord has given us the tools, including the Internet (that double edged sword), to find the answers that past Popes and Cathechisms have always taught with dogmatic clarity, easier than ever before.
James Flynn, as joined in a consecrated male female marriage vowed to God followed on the death of my wife by a consecrated celibate marriage vowed to man in Christ, what I am and what I do is to keep or allow in uncertainty of my belief on the reference point of my previous consecrated male female marriage, and that marriage on the reference point of the two marriages of Mary, one celibate and one male female with St Joseph, the inseparability and qualitative equality of my identity "am" as a family member and my role "do" as a helper of my family and other families. For me there are no "Catholic laypeople" only these helpers of families. For me there is no "faith" separate from and not qualitatively equal with thinking as in uncertainty belief in the keeping or allowing of this inseparability and qualitative equality. For me grooming by diseased family member 'familyists' of psychologically and or emotionally vulnerable family members purporting presuming an occult as hidden, incest connected as substitute mate non-economic status distinction of (a) layfaithful and clergy, (b) consecrated celibate marriage as a higher vocation than consecrated male female marriage is for economic advantage of the families of these groomers by tax-exemption embezzlement and lower insurance cost by fraud.
continued to James Flynn, once an international economic order was established after WW1 by the Bretton Wood "gold standard" US dollar tied to gold agreement in 1944, it was for the first time possible to measure the relationship between population growth and food supplies growth in the developing countries finding "just about paripassu rate of growth". Using a non-economic status inducement for economic advantage on a religious "faith" pretext had had its day but took until 10 June 2021 or just after for Pope Francis to administer the 'last rites' by his simultaneous authorisations in the Vatican state Cardinal Becciu + 9 and Italian state "Zan" bill cases.
it was by chance I came across this vid n usually I’ll skip vids lomger than 70mins; by God’s grace n the fantastic gems I heard, I savoured every min of these 250mins over few days! Thank God n thank both of u n the team
Thank God in Heaven for the scope and clarity of this conversation! I have been starving for such a sharing of Truth. I am discouraged over the Church’s strenuous efforts to accommodate the culture rather than transform the culture through the power of the Holy Spirit! These two gifted, anointed men are where they are by the mercy of God. The Church needs their voices. 🙏🙏 Norman
Dr Martine thank you for sharing and your advice. Daily stream live Mass is so helpful, can't be with out it. I admire those who can attend in person. I do both. It is so meaningful so special. Jesus will keep you strong. Thank you Jesus!!🕊🔥✝️🙏
So amazing! I do almost the exact same thing first thing in the morning; even the cup of coffee! I say the Rosary after that. My weekends are a little different but it’s the most important part of my day! ❤️
I say the Rosary while walking the dog. There’s noise (leaf blowers, cars, etc) and I have to pause to clean up after my dog. But I don’t miss a day. It’s not perfect but it’s how I do it without exception
best show. Thank you both and keep teaching, we have read the word , Jesus is the word and we need to read his word , study his word.,all the word, pray ,the holy spirit will teach us his word as we keep reading and studying.
I was trying to explain the darkness I was struggling with to my priest. I know part of it was my medication. But, it was also like something uninvited came along with it. I know what it takes to get through these dips in my health. But, I was feeling this time was different. I was struggling to pray or do anything. That days sermon was about the importance of confidence in Christ. And, i realized that I had lost sight of that confidence in His every word. As soon as he said it, every thing changed. I was no longer depressed, anxious or angry. Without that confidence my prayers of surrender, trust, love, etc were just words. With confidence in Christ, they are truth and reality.
The Catholic Faith is a pearl of great price that has a cost. As a Catholic each of us must pray study fast and suffer to grow and maintain the faith . Knowlege gained by study and prayer with the guidance of the Holy Spirit will kerp us on the road to Christ.
Whoa minute 37-38 when Mr. Martin lists so deftly the culpability issues!!! Boom!!! So helpful!! Beyond helpful!! Like a sword I can now use against a barrage of things I hear said that make me feel quite threatened and guilty but now yes!! The idea of culpable ignorance!! So consoling!! Yay for the Catholic faith!!
I agree with the comment made regarding the Magnificat subscription. I learned about it 16 years ago when I received it at an Emmaus retreat. Awesome resource.
apparently 10000 rosary a week or day are being prayed a day in Germany according to a recent guest on mother of refuge video .We can and must pray for all the world there is hope and prayer
What a wonderful interview. Thank you so much, Matt, for having Ralph Martin on your show. May God bless you and your families and especially your ministries. 🙏🏼❤️✝️
The issue of scriptural innerrancy is such a huge one. I am running into more and more Catholics that assert that it isn't innerrant, especially St. Paul's letters - even with how much evil I have personally seen and experienced within Catholic hierarchy and academia, the extent to which that belief has taken hold truly shocked me.
As Ralph Martin was praying for surrender, I was reminded of the Surrender Novena that helps me daily to leave everything in God's hands, and to allow His Will be done, not my will. ❤️🔥The Discerning Hearts channel here on UA-cam has a wonderful Novena that you can do first thing in the morning.
Knee with your forehead on the floor, say" I believe in you, I adore you, i hope in you, I love you. I ask your pardon for those who don't believe in you adore you hope in you or love you. Say three times.
Thanks you so much for your content, the both of you! You've really helped me to engage these difficult matters with hope and love! I am really discerning what Christ wants for my life, but one thing I'm sure about, is that I have a mission to share His gospel! I've been baptised into the Church this Easter, full well knowing the mess, and having lots of trouble within me leading up to Easter (I was very anti-Catholic), so I hope to encourage you as well with me coming to the Church!
Welcome home friend!!! May God abundantly bless you and draw you close to His heart! It's a difficult time to be a faithful Catholic right now, but when things get tough, God pours more and more grace out and His power is made perfect through our weaknesses. So excited for you and the wonderful new beginning you have in your walk with Christ!
As a Protestant Christian I appreciate Ralphs evangelisitc and ecumenical Spirit. If i did not know any better I would think he is a born again Protestant Christian until he gets into theology in which Catholics and Protestants differ.
I agree. I don't know how I came across the other interview with Mr. Martin, A Church in Crisis, but I was intrigued. Then a brother in the Lord shared Mr. Martin's book, Hungry for God, with me. I've read chapter 2, Show us the Father, twice. I'm right there with him until we reach a fork in the road.
Thank you Dr. Ralph Martin and Matt I always loved and is enriched by your discussions. Keep coming back to us to grow more and more closer to God and remain firm in faith and the church he instituted.
Matt, I’m really glad to hear how chaotic your family rosaries are. With a 3 year old and a one year old ours usually consist of getting in a single scatterbrained decade with our 1 year old sitting in our laps doing barrel rolls while our 3 year old son runs around the living room shouting made up words with his toy cowboy and occasionally reciting 3 word phrases to finish the lines of random Hail Marys 😂
My daughter, as a toddler speaks fluently; and, as she joined her grandparents pray the rosary, she replied with, “Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.” 😅 It is a good practice to include the children in reciting the rosary.
I LOL’d at your family rosary rendition. You could’ve been a fly on the wall here! “Say the Hail Mary! Why aren’t you saying it?!”😂 Thanks for helping me understand my source of frustration-my own self love and how IIIIIII want it to be. ❤
I was born a Catholic, took it for granted, I've suffered my fair share of trials and tribulations. Once I acknowledged my mistakes/sins, attended confession, chatted with Parish Priest face to face I've tried to be a good Catholic although I have a long way to go according to me. One problem is that I know without a doubt that there's a battle within the Catholic Church that's causing much confusion, no leadership, absolute chaos which I call the pre Armageddon. The deception which is in plain sight pains me greatly. At times, I feel I'm going insane listening to different teachings therefore, the bottom line is I love My Beloved Jesus and I refer to Holy Scripture for guidance= my safety space. Pray for the World, God Bless
I'm glad you talked some about scrupulously, but my issue with it is not that I'm just a little too hard on myself. My issue is that I'm constantly doubting my intentions and whether or not they are what I think they were. It would be awesome if we could hear more about how to overcome that. I have no issue bringing something up in confession or realizing that I'm a sinner, I just have a hard time knowing what exactly is sin that I need to confess.
From your scrupulous conscience: Well just know that that sock drawer you closed “too lazily” is actually not nothing, but rather the mortal sin of sloth; and right after confession? Might as well add presumption to the list, and you probably gave scandal to your cat all the while. Wow, three mortal sins in two seconds, you will surely be damned! That’s before we get to the fact that you thought the girl in front of you at mass was pretty, you lusted you terrible man, get back to confession! We didn’t even get to your sinful scrupulosity yet.
I think you might want to have a Spiritual Director. Sins are things that keep you away from God. The more you love God the more you want to be close (and become one) with God. For many people, even "good things" like "working so hard", "missing chance to worship/love God",... are considered "sins" to them. Recognize our "sins" is just a way to be humble to admit that we need God, need grace to love and be close to Him.
I highly recommend the Spiritual Exercises by St. Ignatius of Loyola to live a life free from sin through scripture, contemplation, daily examination of conscious, discerning of spirits, repentance, receiving the Holy Eucharist, and living in a state of grace. It has been life changing for me since returning to the faith after 22 years. I wake up daily through his graces and desire to love Him, reverence Him, and serve Him every day of my life in humble gratitude for His love and mercy. ❤️🔥 All Glory to God!
The comments about sin are so right! My sin habits may be influenced by external factors and maybe the evil done to me by others. But at the end of the day, I have to take responsibility for my mess, recognize that Christ provides the grace necessary for me to overcome sin. If I fall again, I trust the Lord and get up again. You know, I never until now really caught how profound Jesus' statements about cutting off hands and plucking out eyes really are. The obvious and practical thing we can do to change our habits is most often the very thing we refuse to consider actually doing. For me, porn had a grip on me. I was cheep and never considered spending money on software to monitor or block that content. Finally, I realized that I was begging God to take away the temptation but not willing to do the practical thing. I finally bought Covenant Eyes, confessed my struggle to my wife who was very gracious and agreed to be my accountability. Trust me, I'm not looking up porn knowing my wife will see it!
On the feast of Saint John the Baptist, pray for us to be fearless about proclaiming the truth prudentially even to the point of losing our heads like you did! I do appreciate that Matt Fradd and Ralph Martin spoke about (Time Stamp 23:40) dissident Prelates especially Cardinal McElroy Please pray "Memorare" (for those who are reading this - I pray Memorare, too, for you) for the frustration of heretical agenda of Red Hat Robert Walter McElroy who is bishop of San Diego in diocese where I live! Please, please for his conversion and mine! God help us to rely on you! Now that I have terrible knees I regret not kneeling enough when I had great knees! Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Angel of Portugal, thank you for obeying the Lord!
I think I can honestly say, having read "The Church in Crisis", that the problem was --- me ---. By my lukewarmness, lack of prayer, half-hearted following the gospel and my sin, that I was one of the folks who let the stopper out of the tub and allowed the graces of God to drain. I am thankful, EXTREMELY thankful, for God's Mercy on me, a sinner. I am that tax collector in the parable. I am the woman caught in adultery. I am the son who said yes to his father but didn't go out into the vineyard to work. All I can now do is ask God for His Mercy and live in His Will for however much time He grants me. Thank you Dr. Martin for your book...it was an eye-opener.
The laity and our private devotions I am sure in my heart will carry the Church through these dark times. We must never let go.
That was me 8 months ago too. The humility I experienced in the confessional and proper reception of the Eucharist and receiving those graces was enormous. Pride infected my life for so long. The sins I’ve been able to overcome and abandon with such ease really comes from this fuller conversion to Lord. God is so good! Research doing a general confession.
Interesting . Jesus desires us all to live in Gods Divine Will thanksgiving fiat fiat fiat ❤❤❤
Just listened to this today...Love , love, love the idea of having petitions for courageous acts by priest & bishops but even a step further in getting it to Rome. Also I would love a discussion by a priest on why parents can't support and attend our child's SS marriage.
@@ARobichaudI returned to the faith after 22 yrs and attended a retreat that began my journey back. When I realized there that God was my love story all along and placed on my heart to follow Him, I knew I wanted to receive Him in the Holy Eucharist again. Unknowing that I was doing a general confession, I purged all my sins of 22 years. His love, mercy, and patience to forgive me and allow me to return to Him like the lost sheep and prodigal son showed me how great His love is as undeserving as I was. I humbly rise each day through his abundant graces to love Him, reverence Him, and serve Him all the days of my life. 🙏🕊️ All Glory to God.
Thank you, Matt and Dr. Martin, for this fantastic episode.
I’m discerning conversion to Catholicism. Each day I become more convinced that Jesus founded the Church.
I’ve been feeling religiously lost recently, but I think the Lord is guiding me to his Church. Please pray for me.
The Church is here with open arms welcoming you. I’ll be praying for you!
"And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it." - Jesus Christ (Matthew 16:18)
My friend, the altar in St. Peter's Basilica of Rome physically rests over the tomb of St. Peter.
Will do. Don’t take too long
@Ghost of Aunt Jemima, love your handle; I laughed out loud at the name, haha! So good. Prayers for your discernment and conversion. Come, Holy Spirit! Veni, Sancte Spiritus!
for me the whole story is at john 6:53 reach every direction from there and you grasp Jesus who showed us 2000 years ago so now we open a facet and find Jesus at the well with the woman . Praise Jesus for that cool drink
I’m a cradle Catholic who grew up during the 1970’s and 80’s. I did not fully understand my faith, or my sin. I am so grateful for God’s mercy. I’m also thankful for Pints with Aquinas and Renewal Ministries, both of which have been part of my spiritual growth. Thank you, Matt Fradd and Dr. Ralph Martin, for proclaiming God’s truth. ❤
your spiritual growth ?
nobody IN the world knows what the word ''spiritual'' means , its a colloquial term from the public : that doesn't unhderstand Anything
i have another word that Almost Nobody in the world seems to have in their vocabulary , it's called = PRECEDENT
look up the word , what it means in the context of EVIDENCE
you Need a precedent for ANYTHING you want to talk about , or you're just talking NONSENSE ,
like this here little post of yours , with words YOU don't understand AND the rest of the world ... doesn't understand either .
you might as well just sh*t on the table
All my cradle Catholic friends from that era are fallen away, and I'm a convert. May God forgive us for the terrible catechesis of that era. 😢
None of us during our lifetime journey here are going to fully understand our faith. Instead we are being encouraged here to enjoy the mysteries too.
Me too.
Matt, I was dying laughing when you were describing how the family rosary could go down, “pick up the bloody rosary.. are you saying it?”..
Our family also may cuddle or recline during the rosary and I’m seriously at peace with that! My husband kneels because he’s amazing but I’m all about gathering people and making it happen on the regular!
Ralph Martin is one of my great role models in this age and I'm so glad that I'm living in the same time as he. Thank you so much for encouraging us in the Lord Jesus.
Matt, thank you for praying for atheist who are seeking the truth. Your channel helped me tremendously on my journey. Thanks to your channel, along with a lot of reading, researching, and of course the grace of God, I became a Catholic. I can't thank you enough because you helped save my soul. Please, never stop praying for those who you think are lost, and never back away from the truth.
Welcome home, Leah!! :) Prayers for you and joy for your journey to the Church! She can be a bit messy sometimes, but she really is where the truth dwells, the home of the Eucharist, the authentic Church Christ founded from the beginning led by the Holy Spirit through to today. May God bless you and your family over-abundantly and pour graces upon you in your walk with Christ!
@caffeinated_chesterton Welcome! Hope you're hanging in and soaking up heaven's love. Pace yourself. Love God, He loves you. Mary is a wonderful ally.
Converted Easter 1987 just me and my Guardian Angel. Jesus saves
I’ve started praying the Fatima prayer regularly. So simple and beautiful. ‘Lord, I believe in You, adore You, hope and trust in You and Love You. And ask pardon for all those who do not… adore, believe, hope& trust and love you.. especially those in my family..”
and tryi to sing along with lauds and vespers here on You Tube - with Sing the Hours.
It’s been helpful and so easy to continue daily!!!!
I also am greatfull for work because it makes saying a rosary daily easier- because I always say a rosary on my drive to work.
Thank you for that recommendation! I’d never heard of Sing the Hours before!!
I always get so inspired when Dr. Martin is on the show!
I was just about to say this!!! It’s definitely an indication of his holiness!
Ralph Martin, the epitome of speaking truth in love. Thanks for this great teaching. 🙏🙏🙏
Agree, a great evangelizer
1:47:49 My husband and I are praying that a possible adoption from Uganda works out. Beautiful little girl, currently living in a convent. Same exact age as one of my other daughters. What a blessing it would be for our family!! Uganda has become so incredibly strict with their adoption laws (which isn’t a bad thing!!) so we still feel so far away from it happening. But we are praying it works out. I believe she could even come here and even teach us so much!!
Oh I just love Dr Martin. Everything and all things he shares. Glory to Jesus Christ.
Seeing how moved Ralph was by remembering finding his love of Jesus made my ❤ swell! He is my big brother in Christ. I love following Ralph, he is a true soldier of Christ❤
I love trying to follow the foot steps of Jesus. I believe that if the Priests, the Popes, the Ministers, and the believers of Christ would teach as Jesus did when he taught his lessons of love, and how to behave truly humanely toward each other including our enemies the world would be a beautiful place. Too many who claim to be Christian do not really follow the lessons of Jesus. Too many "believers" behaviors actually turn many people away from God. Jesus did not set up churches not even the Catholic Church.... these are man made structures and organizations.
My understanding is that the believers and followers of Christ is the Church. Just think about this .... some of the darkest, cruelest, actions that have been committed against humanity has been done by the fake believers of Christ.
Thank God that their are some Catholics courageous enough to use UA-cam to teach Christianity. The Catholic Church is not alone in this endeavor. There are many people being others to God. Even someone like Jordan Peterson - through his teachings has given people the spark the learn more about Christianity and God/Christ. The lessons can be every where and some times come unexpectedly.
Ralph Martin is such a gift to the Church, thanks Matt for having him on!
Love this episode!
The Church can't fail, because even if there is only one person left in the Church Militant, the Church Triumphant is already with Christ in Heaven!
What an amazing Faith!
I grew up evangelical protestant. ( low Church protestant) I absolutely love this conversation. It was of refreshing to hear the same sprite of evangelicalism I see in the faithful Christians growing up. I loved the foundation of Jesus as lord expressed in this conversation. If I heard more conversations like this, I might have have converted to Catholicism already. I love Catholics and defend them quite often from my protestant brothers and sisters, but what keeps me away is that even though I love the history, the history and traditions are not whats prime, but the gospel of Jesus Christ. ( not saying history and tradition should be throw out) Jesus's proclamations of the end times should the fire under the feet of all Christians. Thank the Lord for Bishop Baron, Dr. Ralph Martin and Matt Fradd for showing us all the evangelical side of Catholicism. I see a lack of gospel declaration from other Christians in my daily life and I have also have been embarrassed by the Gospel. So lets pray we all summit to the Lord and tell the whole world what is to come boldly out of love!
I think the issue you have is on the magisterium. What made me comfortable with remaining catholic is seeing it like how the mosaic covenant church was organized. God passed on authority to Joshua, and he passed on power to others (e.i. the laying on of hands). God also gave Moses an oral Torah, which was just as authoritative as the written Torah. Remember that authority and oral tradition does not go over scripture, but simply goes hand in hand. I also would just tend to believe the historic christians when they witness their faith to me. They are better interpreters of scripture than me by far. God bless!
@@llla_german_ewoklll6413 I agree with your appeal to authority, but i would add all that authority should in serves of what: The gospel message that saves. I wish I heard more christian confess the gospel among non-believers with as much joy as these catholic evangelists here do.
All I can say is your pride so strong that you can't bow to something greater than us.the Eucharist I would die to keep my faith.literally he is the bread of life.John 6 read we have 7 other books true faith.the saints martyrs great deeds that's us 💕 dearly MARY MY MOTHER OF JESUS.AMEN
Remember that the Eucharist is the core of the Catholic Church Jesus said This is y body and He is God so it is His Body there’s the real difference between Catholics and others
Great job gentlemen......To God Be The Glory!
Thank you Matt, for kicking this off by asking Dr. Martin to tell about his love for Jesus... It opened a floodgate of blessings on the entire interview... and also thanks for asking Dr. Martin to offer a prayer. What he said was so moving and made me to KNOW Christ was and always IS right here, right now.
Minute 29. Whoa!!! No way!! What a meaningful insight from the saintly, elegant and refined Mr. Fradd (likely due to his contemplative prayer regarding how to respond to these strange times and his true charity toward his listeners): “We have to look at what’s in front of us and not downplay it. When people downplay it it just gaslights people and they end up insane, you know?” This insight consoles me greatly ! because I am fighting off insanity every day! The “media blackout” is so painful each and every day!
Could not agree more. THIS is why I LOVE this channel and matt fradd. It is so hard to listen to people explain everything away or not talk about it at all. It makes me feel crazy and alone. Dr. Martin also addresses church controversies with great charity but without whitewashing facts.
Amazing, couldn't stop listening. I am starving for truth on my journey!
Greatly appreciated.
Minute 41... It's been one year since my weight loss surgery. I had to take physical, earthly steps to give my heart and mind boundaries and more time to strengthen my spiritual muscles enough to stop the sin of gluttony. It was extreme, but I was sooo tired of being a slave to a sin of mine that was this thorn in my side. When I broached the topic of surgery with my husband, I brought up the verses about the right arm needing cut off if it's causing one to sin and said, "Do ya think that can include the stomach?" LOL! I'm so thankful to be free from that sin and so thankful God gave doctors the knowledge of how to help in this area... I needed extreme and He answered my prayers. I struggle with other sin still, but this past year has been a year of growth (the right kind) and I'm celebrating the heart freedom that a physical restriction helped facilitate.
Betsy.... congratulations...... you are on the right video here..... God bless you sweetheart ❤❤❤
We are not literally supposed to cut off an arm. It's against Catholic teaching to mutilate the body, mutilate or destroy or remove a healthy organ that is doing its job. (Bariatric surgery is life-threatening and drastically reduces a person's ability to enter fully into social life. I hope it works out for you, but you may have actually shortened your life....)
@@FigaroHey Not to mention "gluttony" is deeply misunderstood as a sin. Eating disorders aren't gluttony.
The most inspiring people Matt had on his show:
Ralph Martin
Christopher West
Brant Pitre
Scott Hahn
Jason Evert
You can just hear their hope and love for God.
Peter Kreeft as well
And Sister Mariam
Yes I agree with this completely. There are a lot of Catholic voices on social media but I think a lot of them have a tendency to focus on culture wars, which although important, are not the root of the problem. They’re the symptoms of a Church where so many have abandoned Jesus Christ if they ever knew Him at all. May He be the center of our lives, enlightening our minds and strengthening our hearts in His love 🙏🏻☦️
Mr. Martin nails it with his answer to Matt’s question what are Catholic laypeople to do in a time of unfaithful clergy: take responsibility for knowing the Faith yourself. The Lord has given us the tools, including the Internet (that double edged sword), to find the answers that past Popes and Cathechisms have always taught with dogmatic clarity, easier than ever before.
Yes!
James Flynn, as joined in a consecrated male female marriage vowed to God followed on the death of my wife by a consecrated celibate marriage vowed to man in Christ, what I am and what I do is to keep or allow in uncertainty of my belief on the reference point of my previous consecrated male female marriage, and that marriage on the reference point of the two marriages of Mary, one celibate and one male female with St Joseph, the inseparability and qualitative equality of my identity "am" as a family member and my role "do" as a helper of my family and other families.
For me there are no "Catholic laypeople" only these helpers of families.
For me there is no "faith" separate from and not qualitatively equal with thinking as in uncertainty belief in the keeping or allowing of this inseparability and qualitative equality.
For me grooming by diseased family member 'familyists' of psychologically and or emotionally vulnerable family members purporting presuming an occult as hidden, incest connected as substitute mate non-economic status distinction of
(a) layfaithful and clergy,
(b) consecrated celibate marriage as a higher vocation than consecrated male female marriage
is for economic advantage of the families of these groomers by tax-exemption embezzlement and lower insurance cost by fraud.
continued to James Flynn, once an international economic order was established after WW1 by the Bretton Wood "gold standard" US dollar tied to gold agreement in 1944, it was for the first time possible to measure the relationship between population growth and food supplies growth in the developing countries finding "just about paripassu rate of growth". Using a non-economic status inducement for economic advantage on a religious "faith" pretext had had its day but took until 10 June 2021 or just after for Pope Francis to administer the 'last rites' by his simultaneous authorisations in the Vatican state Cardinal Becciu + 9 and Italian state "Zan" bill cases.
Love Dr. Martin's calming demeanor
Dr. Martin is a national treasure. God bless him
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I metHis Excellency in Salem Oregon 2018 and gloriously received a blessing
Thank you for addressing those of us who struggle with scruples. ❤
I read the Fulfillment of Desire daily. It’s so rich And helpful in its teaching. Thank you,Dr Martin
Very powerful talk! Lord may mercy be given to all of us!
Was so excited to see him back on the show!!! Lovely as always. Looking forward to his future visits ❤
Two men in Christ-BEAUTIFUL conversation ❤
God bless you gentlemen. True disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ.
it was by chance I came across this vid n usually I’ll skip vids lomger than 70mins; by God’s grace n the fantastic gems I heard, I savoured every min of these 250mins over few days! Thank God n thank both of u n the team
Ralph Martin is a modern-day prophet!
Supporting others in Christ in prayer and verbally to their face is the best thing you can do. Ralph I know you do it from what you said.
Thank God in Heaven for the scope and clarity of this conversation! I have been starving for such a sharing of Truth. I am discouraged over the Church’s strenuous efforts to accommodate the culture rather than transform the culture through the power of the Holy Spirit! These two gifted, anointed men are where they are by the mercy of God. The Church needs their voices. 🙏🙏 Norman
Dr Martine thank you for sharing and your advice. Daily stream live Mass is so helpful, can't be with out it. I admire those who can attend in person. I do both. It is so meaningful so special. Jesus will keep you strong. Thank you Jesus!!🕊🔥✝️🙏
You know it's a good interview when the interviewer allows the person to talk. Thank you.
Im so thankful to brothers like you both. Your words of the work and promises of Christ are refreshing in this twilight.
So amazing! I do almost the exact same thing first thing in the morning; even the cup of coffee! I say the Rosary after that. My weekends are a little different but it’s the most important part of my day! ❤️
I say the Rosary while walking the dog. There’s noise (leaf blowers, cars, etc) and I have to pause to clean up after my dog. But I don’t miss a day. It’s not perfect but it’s how I do it without exception
best show. Thank you both and keep teaching, we have read the word , Jesus is the word and we need to read his word , study his word.,all the word, pray ,the holy spirit will teach us his word as we keep reading and studying.
I was trying to explain the darkness I was struggling with to my priest. I know part of it was my medication. But, it was also like something uninvited came along with it. I know what it takes to get through these dips in my health. But, I was feeling this time was different. I was struggling to pray or do anything.
That days sermon was about the importance of confidence in Christ. And, i realized that I had lost sight of that confidence in His every word. As soon as he said it, every thing changed. I was no longer depressed, anxious or angry.
Without that confidence my prayers of surrender, trust, love, etc were just words. With confidence in Christ, they are truth and reality.
Praise God!
I've experienced similar myself recently. I view it as a test of sorts.
Best wishes to you, God bless.
Thank you for telling the truth I’m a practicing catholic 🙏❤️
Thank you for the 2Thess2 discussion
My favorite guest!
I really enjoy hearing Ralph Martin speak on your show, thank you.
The Catholic Faith is a pearl of great price that has a cost. As a Catholic each of us must pray study fast and suffer to grow and maintain the faith . Knowlege gained by study and prayer with the guidance of the Holy Spirit will kerp us on the road to Christ.
Whoa minute 37-38 when Mr. Martin lists so deftly the culpability issues!!! Boom!!! So helpful!! Beyond helpful!! Like a sword I can now use against a barrage of things I hear said that make me feel quite threatened and guilty but now yes!! The idea of culpable ignorance!! So consoling!! Yay for the Catholic faith!!
I agree with the comment made regarding the Magnificat subscription. I learned about it 16 years ago when I received it at an Emmaus retreat. Awesome resource.
apparently 10000 rosary a week or day are being prayed a day in Germany according to a recent guest on mother of refuge video .We can and must pray for all the world there is hope and prayer
I'm not religious per say but maaan I love hearing scripture. wow.
What a wonderful interview. Thank you so much, Matt, for having Ralph Martin on your show. May God bless you and your families and especially your ministries. 🙏🏼❤️✝️
Thank you for not being afraid to shine the light!!
Deeply edifying and profound on every level.
Thank you for having this discussion.
The issue of scriptural innerrancy is such a huge one. I am running into more and more Catholics that assert that it isn't innerrant, especially St. Paul's letters - even with how much evil I have personally seen and experienced within Catholic hierarchy and academia, the extent to which that belief has taken hold truly shocked me.
As Ralph Martin was praying for surrender, I was reminded of the Surrender Novena that helps me daily to leave everything in God's hands, and to allow His Will be done, not my will.
❤️🔥The Discerning Hearts channel here on UA-cam has a wonderful Novena that you can do first thing in the morning.
Knee with your forehead on the floor, say" I believe in you, I adore you, i hope in you, I love you. I ask your pardon for those who don't believe in you adore you hope in you or love you. Say three times.
I simply love this channel. Thank you for the good work.
I’m so grateful to have found this show, and this episode. Thanks Matt. God bless you
Thank you for a great interview it has help my life
It would be good if Ralph Martin would come on PWA around the bew year time. Always an inspiration to start personal prayer again.
Matt you described my family rosary 😂, I thought I was the only one lol
Loved the convo!! Thanks for speaking the truth loudly and boldly!! You guys do amazing work!! Keep it up!! 💯💯💯
Thanks you so much for your content, the both of you!
You've really helped me to engage these difficult matters with hope and love!
I am really discerning what Christ wants for my life, but one thing I'm sure about, is that I have a mission to share His gospel!
I've been baptised into the Church this Easter, full well knowing the mess, and having lots of trouble within me leading up to Easter (I was very anti-Catholic), so I hope to encourage you as well with me coming to the Church!
How wonderful! Welcome!
@@MrsYasha1984 Thanks you very much! :D
Welcome home friend!!! May God abundantly bless you and draw you close to His heart! It's a difficult time to be a faithful Catholic right now, but when things get tough, God pours more and more grace out and His power is made perfect through our weaknesses. So excited for you and the wonderful new beginning you have in your walk with Christ!
I love the remark that he was desperate for the truth- & God is truth🙌🏻
As a Protestant Christian I appreciate Ralphs evangelisitc and ecumenical Spirit. If i did not know any better I would think he is a born again Protestant Christian until he gets into theology in which Catholics and Protestants differ.
I agree. I don't know how I came across the other interview with Mr. Martin, A Church in Crisis, but I was intrigued. Then a brother in the Lord shared Mr. Martin's book, Hungry for God, with me. I've read chapter 2, Show us the Father, twice. I'm right there with him until we reach a fork in the road.
@@lifeisgood3995 A friend of mine knows him personally, he lives In the area I live in Michigan.
This was great! Some of PWA's best work ever.
3:43 on loving the search more than the truth, boy does that speak volumes.
Such a wonderful interview! Thank you.
THANK YOU FOR THIS INTERVIEW . MORE LIKE THIS IS NEEDED.
Thank you Dr. Ralph Martin and Matt I always loved and is enriched by your discussions. Keep coming back to us to grow more and more closer to God and remain firm in faith and the church he instituted.
I can relate to so much mentioned. Thank God for the community of faith.
Love Ralph Martin!
Another excellent show, Matt
This is one of my favorites- thank you for this interview
I love watching this channel on Sundays. It helps me to keep the lord's day Holy 🙏
Minute 8 Mr. Fradd is so fatherly. The best kind of father. This is what I went through truthfully
God Bless you!
I am looking forward to this, I loved Ralph's book "The Fulfillment of All Desire".
Hi. Are you from ontario?
49:55 This has inspired me to read a page/half a page of the Bible every time I pray.
Amen, thank you for this discussion 🙏🙏🙏😇 God bless you both!!❤️🙏
Excellent discussion! Thank you gentlemen so much for your work.
Matt, I’m really glad to hear how chaotic your family rosaries are. With a 3 year old and a one year old ours usually consist of getting in a single scatterbrained decade with our 1 year old sitting in our laps doing barrel rolls while our 3 year old son runs around the living room shouting made up words with his toy cowboy and occasionally reciting 3 word phrases to finish the lines of random Hail Marys 😂
Ha! I see that someone else has rosaries like ours. Nice to know.
My 4 year old will be yelling "hey daddy come here!!!"😂😂😂
I can just imagine God smiling down on you.....
My daughter, as a toddler speaks fluently; and, as she joined her grandparents pray the rosary, she replied with, “Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.” 😅 It is a good practice to include the children in reciting the rosary.
i have learned so much watching this channel
I LOL’d at your family rosary rendition. You could’ve been a fly on the wall here! “Say the Hail Mary! Why aren’t you saying it?!”😂
Thanks for helping me understand my source of frustration-my own self love and how IIIIIII want it to be. ❤
I was born a Catholic, took it for granted, I've suffered my fair share of trials and tribulations. Once I acknowledged my mistakes/sins, attended confession, chatted with Parish Priest face to face I've tried to be a good Catholic although I have a long way to go according to me. One problem is that I know without a doubt that there's a battle within the Catholic Church that's causing much confusion, no leadership, absolute chaos which I call the pre Armageddon. The deception which is in plain sight pains me greatly. At times, I feel I'm going insane listening to different teachings therefore, the bottom line is I love My Beloved Jesus and I refer to Holy Scripture for guidance= my safety space. Pray for the World, God Bless
Thank you both for this great conversation. I will share. God bless you in your ministry.
Thanks for making me ball my eyes out gentlemen 😭
Excellent dialogue God Bless
Absolutely love the commentary on Tucker’s firing during the commercial break.
another great show,,thanks ,,god bless....
I'm glad you talked some about scrupulously, but my issue with it is not that I'm just a little too hard on myself. My issue is that I'm constantly doubting my intentions and whether or not they are what I think they were. It would be awesome if we could hear more about how to overcome that. I have no issue bringing something up in confession or realizing that I'm a sinner, I just have a hard time knowing what exactly is sin that I need to confess.
There are lots of examinations of conscience available that can help you to know
From your scrupulous conscience:
Well just know that that sock drawer you closed “too lazily” is actually not nothing, but rather the mortal sin of sloth; and right after confession? Might as well add presumption to the list, and you probably gave scandal to your cat all the while. Wow, three mortal sins in two seconds, you will surely be damned! That’s before we get to the fact that you thought the girl in front of you at mass was pretty, you lusted you terrible man, get back to confession! We didn’t even get to your sinful scrupulosity yet.
I think you might want to have a Spiritual Director. Sins are things that keep you away from God. The more you love God the more you want to be close (and become one) with God. For many people, even "good things" like "working so hard", "missing chance to worship/love God",... are considered "sins" to them. Recognize our "sins" is just a way to be humble to admit that we need God, need grace to love and be close to Him.
Yes ! "Small Little things with great love" I will live Heaven on Earth said St. Theres of Little Flower.... and I repeat that where ever I can .
Excellent conversation. Thank you Ralph and Matt!
Excellent. Thank you ❤️
I highly recommend the Spiritual Exercises by St. Ignatius of Loyola to live a life free from sin through scripture, contemplation, daily examination of conscious, discerning of spirits, repentance, receiving the Holy Eucharist, and living in a state of grace. It has been life changing for me since returning to the faith after 22 years. I wake up daily through his graces and desire to love Him, reverence Him, and serve Him every day of my life in humble gratitude for His love and mercy. ❤️🔥 All Glory to God!
Yes! Thank you. 🙏 Amen.
The comments about sin are so right! My sin habits may be influenced by external factors and maybe the evil done to me by others. But at the end of the day, I have to take responsibility for my mess, recognize that Christ provides the grace necessary for me to overcome sin. If I fall again, I trust the Lord and get up again.
You know, I never until now really caught how profound Jesus' statements about cutting off hands and plucking out eyes really are. The obvious and practical thing we can do to change our habits is most often the very thing we refuse to consider actually doing. For me, porn had a grip on me. I was cheep and never considered spending money on software to monitor or block that content. Finally, I realized that I was begging God to take away the temptation but not willing to do the practical thing. I finally bought Covenant Eyes, confessed my struggle to my wife who was very gracious and agreed to be my accountability. Trust me, I'm not looking up porn knowing my wife will see it!
What a beautiful way to start the show! To God be the Glory 🎉❤🙏🏽🔥
Great video god bless🙏 Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life.🙏✝️🇻🇦🇺🇸
Ty for coming to Men of St Joseph in Rhode Island!
Minute 48: Mr. Martin just knows that part of the document by heart in his memory!Whoa!!!
On the feast of Saint John the Baptist, pray for us to be fearless about proclaiming the truth prudentially even to the point of losing our heads like you did! I do appreciate that Matt Fradd and Ralph Martin spoke about
(Time Stamp 23:40) dissident Prelates especially Cardinal McElroy
Please pray "Memorare" (for those who are reading this - I pray Memorare, too, for you)
for the frustration of heretical agenda of Red Hat Robert Walter McElroy who is bishop of San Diego in diocese where I live! Please, please for his conversion and mine!
God help us to rely on you! Now that I have terrible knees I regret not kneeling enough when I had great knees!
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Angel of Portugal, thank you for obeying the Lord!